Means for cleansing casks.



No. 877,074. PATENTBD JAN. 21, 1903 H. S. GREGORY.

MEANS FOR CLEANSING UASKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.4, 1907.

- lower HENRY SAMUEL GREGORY, O-F TUFNELL PARK, LONDON, ENGLAND.

MEANS FOR CLEANSING CASKS. 1

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

Application filed March 4. 1907- Serial No. 360.533.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SAMUEL GREG- ORY, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of Mercers road, Tufnell Park, London, in the county of MiddleseX, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Means for Cleansing Casks, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain bearing date 11th June, 1906, No. 13,378,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of apparatus for cleansing casks wherein the casks are mounted u I on a rotatable support and the cleansing uid injected into the casks through a nozzle so as to thoroughly cleanse said casks and the object of the present invention is to so construct and arrange such an apparatus that the cleansing medium or fluid automatically rotates the support carrying the cask while effecting the cleansing of the same. For this purpose the cleansing fluid is caused to pass through a motor or turbine before it reaches the injector nozzle and acting on the blades of the motor rotates a gear carried by the motor shaft. This gear meshes with a gear carried by the art of the support so that the rotation 0 the motor causes the rotation of the support and cask thereon. The fluid, after passing throughthe motor, is carried by a pipe passing centrally through the table so as to extend into the bung hole of the cask.

To insure freedom of action in the motor the same is provided at the bottom with a de tachable basket or separator so that any solids carried by the cleansing medium, after striking the blades of the motor, drop therein and from whence they-can be removed as desired.

Should it be required to cleanse more than one cask at a time then the tables which carry the casks are mounted on a large turntable operated in any suitable manner and the motors supplied with fluid from a centrally located pipe provided with radiating pipes. The said centrally located pipe is so equipped and arranged as to cut off the supply to'the radiating pipes so that while a cleansed cask and a dirty one placed on its table the remaining casks are being cleansed and rotated automatically.

In order that the said invention may be readily understood reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying sheet of drawings in which:-

Figure l is a sectional elevation of an apparatus constructed 1n accordance with this 1nvent1on;Fig.2 a dlagrammatic plan View ,of turntable for two or more casks; Fig. 3 a

sectional elevation of same; and, Fig. 4 a detail view of the multiple cook or valve.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, a represents the cask mounted on the support I) carried on ball bearings in the usual manner. The lower part b of support I) is provided with gear 6 adapted to mesh with gear a on shaft 0 of the motor or turbine c which is supplied with fluid by pipe 0 and c is the outlet pipe from motor, said pipe 0 extending through support I) and terminating in nozzle 0 as shown. On the cleansing medium, under pressure, being admitted (regulated in any suitable manner before entering) to the motor the same is rotated, and through the medium of gears c and b the support I) is rotated with the cook. The cleansing medium after setting in motion the motor passes up pipe 0 and through nozzle to the interior of the cask thoroughly cleansing same. To prevent the solids which may be contained in the cleansing medium from clogging the motor, the same at its bottom is provided with a basket or separator c detachably secured so that after the medium has struck the blades of the motor or turbine the solids fall thereinto and from whence they can be readily removed as required.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3 which illustrate the invention as applied for cleansing a series of casks, d is the large turntable, b, b the small tables carrying the casks and rotated by gear a and b as hereinbefore set forth, each of the motors 0 being connected to a centrally located cook or valve 6 by radiating pipes e, the inner part ea -Fig. 4Lof said valve being so shaped as to permit the passage of the cleansing medium from pipe f through slot 6 to several of the radiating arms 6, While at a communication to another pipe 6 is out ofl thereby enabling the cleansed cask to be removed while the other casks on their supports 5 are still rotating.

In the construction above referred to the large turntable d is usually manipulated manually, but obviously may be operated by mechanical means in any suitable or approved manner.

Having now described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In an apparatus of the class described, a table, a rotatable support for the cask, means for injecting a cleansing fluid into said cask, and means actuated by the cleansing fluid to cause the said support to rotate.

2. A cask cleansing apparatus comprising a table, a support for the cask, means for inj ecting a cleansing fluid into the cask, and a motor for rotating said support, saidmotor being actuated by the passage of the said cleansing fluid.

3. A cask cleansing apparatus comprising a turntable, a plurality of individual. cask 15 supports mounted on the turntable, means for injecting a cleansing fluid into each cask, and a fluid motor for rotating each support operated by the passage of said cleansing fluid.

In'testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY SAMUEL GREGORY. Witnesses:

HENRY Tnos. KING, ROBT. HUNTER. 

